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Luana is using her passion for fashion and design to give back to the community. The Aintree teenager has been busy sewing up a storm, creating handmade masks for residents and local organisations. In a month, she had made about 600 masks and she recently decided to donate about $450 worth of masks to a local health service. “I always wanted to give to the Sunbury community because my dad is a pastor of a church there and everyone is so friendly,” Luana, 14, said. “So I thought, why not make those masks for the people who need them? I have all this free time and it is a great opportunity.” Luana has also donated her colourful masks to churches throughout Melbourne and to nurses working on the front line. “Just being able to sew and know it is for a good cause makes me happy,” she said. “I have always loved sewing when I was growing up, especially with my grandmother.” Jessica Micallef
Virus numbers give hope By Ewen McRae Melton has recorded 40 new case of COVID-19 in the past week, as numbers begin to stabilise across the state. he Melton municipality passed 500 active cases on Sunday, with 506 cases now active in the community. here have been 933 cases of the virus in Melton since the pandemic began. Djerriwarrh Health also notched up more than 20,000 tests at its drive-in testing site in Melton last week. Moorabool has just eight active cases of
the virus, with 25 in total since the pandemic began. On Sunday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that the state of emergency for Victoria would be extended for a further four weeks, until September 13, and urged the community to continue following the rules to drive down virus case numbers. “We will beat this virus – and extending the state of emergency ensures we have all the tools we need for the ight,” Mr Andrews said. “I thank every Victorian who is part of our massive team keeping our community safe –
you can thank them too by following the rules, which will see us all get through the pandemic. “hese numbers are heading in the right direction. I am and always was very cautious, but there is, on my part at least, a cautious optimism and a sense of real hope that this strategy is working and that we are seeing numbers fall now.” Victoria’s chief health oicer Brett Sutton, also expressed optimism about advances for a vaccine for the virus, with trials internationally showing promising signs, but he said it was unlikely a vaccine would be available for at least
six months. “We’ll get a picture of that level of protection in the next couple of months,” Professor Sutton said. “he fact there are vaccines in phase three development is very encouraging. But we have to prepare ourselves for the long-haul if there isn’t a vaccine available.” As of Sunday, Victoria had 7671 active coronavirus cases and had recorded more than 16,7060 cases since the pandemic began. More than 300 people have died from coronavirus in Victoria.
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